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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 11 STAT. · May 24, 1858 · Chapter LVII

Chapter LVII. *for the Relief of the legal Representatives of Marie Malines.* May 24, 1858. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the legal representatives Representatives of Marie Malines confirmed in the title of the United States

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Chap. LVII.— An Act *for the Relief of the legal Representatives of Marie Malines.* May 24, 1858. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the legal representatives Representatives of Marie Malines confirmed in the title of the United States to certain land in Louisiana.of Marie Malines, born Rillieux, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in all the right, title, and interest now held or possessed by the United States in and to a certain tract of land in the State of Louisiana, containing about thirty-two hundred arpents, being a part of a grant made by the French government, in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four, to Marie Rillieux, according to a survey and plat made by the royal surveyor, Don Carlos Trudeau, and of record in the land-office at New Orleans; and upon a proper survey, duly approved, being returned to the General Land-Office, a patent shall issue: *Provided,* That this act shall Proviso.only be construed to vest in the said legal representatives of Marie Malines, born Rillieux, the rights, title, and interest in said land now held and possessed by the United States, and shall not be construed in any way to impair the *bond fide* rights, interests, or claims acquired by any other person under adverse grants, concessions, or purchases made prior to the passage of this act.
Approved, May 24, 1858.
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